solum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.1.2.2 Synonyms 2.1.2.3 Derived terms 2.1.2.4 Descendants 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Adverb 2.2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2.2 Related terms 2.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin solum (“‘base, bottom; soil’”).

[edit] Noun

solum (plural sola)

1. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of lmosu
• omuls

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈso.lum/

[edit] Noun

solum (genitive solī); n, second declension

1. The lowest part of something; bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed.
2. The floor or pavement of a room.
3. Ground, earth, land, soil.
4. The sole of the foot.
5. (by extension) Land, country, region, place.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	solum	sola
genitive	solī	solōrum
dative	solō	solīs
accusative	solum	sola
ablative	solō	solīs
vocative	solum	sola

[edit] Synonyms

• (bottom): fundus
• (ground): fundus

[edit] Derived terms

• solārium
• solea

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Etymology 2

From sōlus (“‘alone, only’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsoː.lum/

[edit] Adverb

sōlum (not comparable)

1. only, just, barely, merely

[edit] Derived terms

• sōlummodo

[edit] Related terms

[edit] References

• “solum” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)